Highly Enhanced Force Generation of Ionic Polymer–Metal Composite Actuators via Thickness Manipulation
On purpose to enhance the generating force of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) actuators, the thickness of the ion-exchange membrane is manipulated in two different ways. One is grafting poly(styrenesulfonic acid) onto poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) films with varying thickne...
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Published in | ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 7; no. 30; pp. 16659 - 16667 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
05.08.2015
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Summary: | On purpose to enhance the generating force of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) actuators, the thickness of the ion-exchange membrane is manipulated in two different ways. One is grafting poly(styrenesulfonic acid) onto poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) films with varying thickness, and the other is stacking pre-extruded Nafion films to thicker films by pressing at high temperatures. For both groups of the membranes, ionic properties including ion-exchange capacity and ionic conductivity are maintained similarly inside the groups regardless of the thickness. The actuation tests clearly show the increase in generating force with increasing thickness of the IPMCs prepared. It is due to a larger bending stiffness of thicker IPMCs, which is consistent with the predicted result from the cantilever beam model. The increase in force is more remarkable in Nafion-stacked IPMCs, and a thick IPMC lifts a weight of 100 g, which far exceeds the reported values for IPMCs. |
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ISSN: | 1944-8244 1944-8252 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.5b04296 |